Benjamin nott



B. NOTT.

Base Burning Stove.

Patented Aug. 23, 1870.

p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN NOTT, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

BASE-BURNING STQVE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 106,(309. dated August 23, 1870.

To all whom it may cmwew: 4

- Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Norcr, of the city of Albany, in the county of Albany, and in' the State of New York, have invented an I mproved Self-Feedin g Stove; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andpart of the stove, showing the windlass for raising and lowering the mel-magazine.

The same letters are used in all the figures to indicate identical parts.

This invention relates to stoves, ran ges, &e; and my improvements consist in a novel mode of supplying the same with fuel by means of a conparatively large magazine, which is suspended over such stove or range from aframe by a chain or cord, and is raised and lowered by a windlass through the medium of such chain or cord, as will be more specifically explained inthe subjoined description and clains.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its Construction and operation.

To illustrate my invention I have shown it in connection with a stove arranged in a recessed fire-place, for which class of stoves or other heating apparatus it is more especially designed, though it may be applied With good effect to stoves differently arranged.

In theannexed drawings, A represents a mantel-piece, which bounds the opening of the recess forned in the chimney for the reception of the stove, and may be constructed as shown, or in any other suitable manner.

The recess, though covered by the front wall of the chimney down to the mantel-piece, is to be made ot' the required height to accommodate the mel-magazine and. the frame from which it is Suspended.

The base of the stove may be formed to fit the recess in the chimney. It is divided into three compartments, the central one (marked `B) forming the ash-pit, with one upon each side, indicated by O O, which constitute horizontal flues, through which the gaseous products of combustion are drawn in their passage tothe exit-pipes G Gr. These open into said flues near the back of the stove, so as to leave a sufficient space for the easy introduction and removal of the fuel-magazine.

D represents the main body of the stove, rising from the base and covering an area about equal in size to that of the ash-pit. It is provided with the usual grate, D', and maybe lined with fire-brick D around that portion where the heat ismost intense.

` Near the back, by preference, the top plate has a suitable aperture, E, through which the 'nel is fed from the magazine into the combustion-chamber. Upon each side a flue, F, opening into the combustion-chamber near the top and extending down the sides ofthe main body D, communicates with its respective horizontal flue. Suitable dampers are to be arranged in these fiues to control the combustion of the fuel.

The fuel-magazineHisofcomparativelylarge size, so as to obviate the necessity of frequent replenishnent of the same.` Its lower open end is formed to neatly fit the aperture E in the top plate of the stove, and is provided witha slide by which to regulate the amount of fuel fed to the stove.

The magazine has an eyebolt secured to its upper end, and is Suspended from the horizontal beann of a fra-me, I, by a chain or cord, K, to which it is attached by a traveling pulley-block, K'.

The i'rame I may be mounted on the stove, asshown, or secured to the walls. Its horizontal arm extends beyond a verticalline d-awn from the side of the body D of the stove, and near the outer end of this arm the chain K is permanently fastened, passing thence under the sheave of the traveling block K', and over a stationary pu-lley, K down to the drum of'a windlass, L, to which its other end is fastened.

The shaft of the windlass,which is arranged at a convenient height in the recess, projects a short distance beyond the mantel-piece to receive a winch for turning it to wind the chain on or off the drum, for the purpose of hoisting the magazineinto position, or lowering it for removal and replenishment, which is done at the coal-bin.

The windlass may be provided with the usual ratchet-wheel and-pawl, to station the drum so th at the weightof the loaded magazine shall be supported upon the chain, and not press upon the top of the stove. e

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It will be observed that, by the provision of the traveling block, intermediate between the magazine and the chain, the introduction and removal of the forner is much faeilitated.

I do not intend to confine the apparatus for removing and replaeing the thei-magazine to stoves of the particular Construction herein described, or any other, as it may be appled with equal advantage to grates, ran ges, &(.

What I claim as my invention, and. desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In eombination with a stove, range, or grate, a fuel-magazine Suspended. above the same by a ehain or cord, and a windlass for raising and lower-ing such magazine through the .medium of said ohain or cord, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination and arrangenent of a stove mel-magazine, H, traveling pulley-bloek K', chain or cord K, sheave K frane I, and windlass L, suhstantially as set forth.

The above specifieation signed hy me this 17th day of May, 1870.

BENJAMIN NOTT.

witnesses:

THOMAS HOUGHTON, HOWARD NOTT. 

